rump

Example Sentences

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"We get really nice fruit and veg in, biscuits - last week we had some really nice rump steak which went down a storm."

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026

He had just separated the new Muslim state of Pakistan from the now-independent rump of largely Hindu India.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Water and other specialties stay behind in the rump DuPont.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 9, 2025

But when the show’s first Hamlet, ambulated by an Oxford-trained actor named Dipo Ola, performs a few lines, he’s instantly more compelling than the sight of ParTeb shaking his rump.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

He began to catch his father, sprint past him, slap him on the rump in passage, and turn him like a steer.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy